PredicateDefinitionContext (Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.0.GA public API)

```
@Incubating
public interface PredicateDefinitionContext
```
The context passed to PredicateDefinition.create(PredicateDefinitionContext).

See Also:

PredicateDefinition.create(PredicateDefinitionContext)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`param(String name)`
`Optional<Object>`	`paramOptional(String name)`
`SearchPredicateFactory`	`predicate()`

- Method Detail
  - predicate
```
SearchPredicateFactory predicate()
```
    Returns:
    
    A predicate factory. If the named predicate was registered on an object field, this factory expects field paths to be provided relative to that same object field. This factory is only valid in the present context and must not be used after PredicateDefinition.create(PredicateDefinitionContext) returns.
    
    See Also:
    
    SearchPredicateFactory
  - param
```
Object param(String name)
```
    Parameters:
    
    name - The name of the parameter.
    
    Returns:
    
    The value provided to NamedPredicateOptionsStep.param(String, Object) for this parameter.
    
    Throws:
    
    SearchException - If no value was provided for this parameter.
    
    See Also:
    
    NamedPredicateOptionsStep.param(String, Object)
  - paramOptional
```
Optional<Object> paramOptional(String name)
```
    Parameters:
    
    name - The name of the parameter.
    
    Returns:
    
    An optional containing the value provided to NamedPredicateOptionsStep.param(String, Object) for this parameter, or Optional.empty() if no value was provided for this parameter.
    
    See Also:
    
    NamedPredicateOptionsStep.param(String, Object)